368 The Profitable Culture of Vegetables. 



FRENCH GARDENING: ^ 



Asparagus may be forced on hot-beds or in pits 152 



As soon as weather is favourable sow Radishes and plant Lettuces in 



cold frames, and Hardy Cab. Lettuce in the open 98, 105, 106 and 220 

 Begin making hot-beds for frames in the second week ... ...91 and 128 



Begin making hot-beds for cloches in the last week 96 



Sow frame hot-beds with Radishes and Carrots, and plant with Cabbage 



Lettuces 93 



Sow cloche hot-beds with Carrots and plant with Cos and Cabbage 



Lettuces 97 



Strawberries may be put on a hot-bed for forcing 333 



Turnips may be sown on mild hot-beds at the end of the month ... 358 



FEBRUARY. 



DURING this month all manuring, ploughing, and digging 

 of vacant ground should be completed as far as possible, 

 as the time for sowing in earnest begins next month. Tidiness 

 should now be manifest, and all weeds rigorously kept down ; 

 groundsel in particular should be got rid of, as it is now coming 

 into flower and if allowed to seed will be a nuisance all the 

 summer through. 



In the French garden the hot-beds made last month should 

 be carefully watched; the linings round the frames must be 

 kept up, and renewed as the heat declines. The frames and 

 cloches must be covered with mats every night, and a little 

 ventilation given in the middle of the day on the opposite side 

 to the wind whenever the weather is favourable. Radishes 

 must be thinned out where they are overcrowded, and decayed 

 leaves removed from lettuces. As soon as the bulk of the 

 radishes are ready the bed should be cleared, and no small ones 

 must be left behind or they will be a nuisance, and a hindrance 

 to the other crops. 



GENERAL OPERATIONS: p s a e g e e 



Globe Artichokes may be sown on a hot-bed 142 



Jerusalem Artichokes may be planted 144, 



Asparagus beds on light or medium land should be covered with soil ... 150 

 Asparagus may be forced where grown, for succession ... ... ... 152 



Beans (Long-pod) should be sown ... ... ... ... ... ... 155 



Brussels Sprouts for an early supply may be sown in a cold frame ... 168 



Chicory may be forced 197 



Cabbage Lettuce from cold frames should be planted in sheltered beds 222 



